![]() First edition (US) | |
Author | F. Tennyson Jesse |
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Audio read by | Clare Francis [1] |
Language | English |
Set in | London, 1913–1927 |
Publisher |
Heinemann (UK) Doubleday Doran (US) |
Publication date | September 1934 [2] |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print: hardback |
823.912 | |
LC Class | PZ3 .J492 .E57 |
Preceded by | The Lacquer Lady |
Followed by | Act of God |
A Pin to See the Peepshow is a 1934 novel by F. Tennyson Jesse, based on the 1922 Thompson–Bywaters murder case. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Julia Almond grows up in suburban poverty in Edwardian London. She longs for a better life, but makes an ill-advised marriage during the First World War.
Sarah Waters has praised A Pin to See the Peepshow, writing "rarely, it seemed to me, had I been plunged by a piece of fiction into an emotional world so vivid, so complete, so convincingly untidy." [7]
A Pin to See the Peepshow was adapted into a play by Jesse and H. M. Harwood in 1951. It was refused a licence by the Lord Chamberlain and so premiered at a drama club. [8] In 1953 it showed at the Playhouse Theatre, Broadway. [9] [10]
In 1973 it was adapted into a four-part TV series by the BBC, written by Elaine Morgan and starring Francesca Annis. [11] [12] [13]
In 2007 it was made into a short radio drama on BBC Radio 4 by Scott Cherry. [14]
![]() First edition (US) | |
Author | F. Tennyson Jesse |
---|---|
Audio read by | Clare Francis [1] |
Language | English |
Set in | London, 1913–1927 |
Publisher |
Heinemann (UK) Doubleday Doran (US) |
Publication date | September 1934 [2] |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print: hardback |
823.912 | |
LC Class | PZ3 .J492 .E57 |
Preceded by | The Lacquer Lady |
Followed by | Act of God |
A Pin to See the Peepshow is a 1934 novel by F. Tennyson Jesse, based on the 1922 Thompson–Bywaters murder case. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Julia Almond grows up in suburban poverty in Edwardian London. She longs for a better life, but makes an ill-advised marriage during the First World War.
Sarah Waters has praised A Pin to See the Peepshow, writing "rarely, it seemed to me, had I been plunged by a piece of fiction into an emotional world so vivid, so complete, so convincingly untidy." [7]
A Pin to See the Peepshow was adapted into a play by Jesse and H. M. Harwood in 1951. It was refused a licence by the Lord Chamberlain and so premiered at a drama club. [8] In 1953 it showed at the Playhouse Theatre, Broadway. [9] [10]
In 1973 it was adapted into a four-part TV series by the BBC, written by Elaine Morgan and starring Francesca Annis. [11] [12] [13]
In 2007 it was made into a short radio drama on BBC Radio 4 by Scott Cherry. [14]